Chief Finance Officer

Cheshire Constabulary

Chief Finance Officer

Salary: £100,023 - £109,047 per annum

Location: Cheshire Constabulary Headquarters, Winsford.

Cheshire Constabulary is seeking to appoint a Chief Finance Officer (CFO) based at Cheshire Constabulary Headquarters in Winsford.

The CFO role is a key position for the Chief Constable and forms part of the Senior Leadership Team. You will be responsible for providing strategic financial planning & budgeting services to the force to ensure they are effectively using their resources through rigorous budget control across our expenditure and income.

You will be central to the development of our Medium Term Financial and Estates Strategies, working collaboratively with senior leaders across the force, and with the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner. You will also undertake the role of Section 151 Chief Finance Officer, which requires high levels of accountability.

The successful candidate will lead our professional finance and estates teams, ensuring that they are agile and responsive to the unpredictable work of policing, and focused on supporting the delivery of operational policing, both on a day-to-day basis and for the long term. Ensuring that our audit and compliance is within both statutory legislation, and the Constabulary's Scheme of Delegation is exemplary, will be important.

This is an exciting and varied opportunity for an experienced Finance professional looking to broaden and deepen their already proven track record of achievement. To succeed you will be a full member of one of the leading accountancy bodies (CCAB) - preferably Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), with substantial financial management experience in a senior accounting role, as well as a sound knowledge and practical skills experience of all aspects of financial and management accounting, particularly the legal requirements of the Audit and Accounts Regulations and Capital Expenditure Controls.

As well as offering a competitive salary, you will also receive 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. Further information about the role is available through our recruitment partner's website or by calling Jude Watters on .